Waste to Energy Programme Highlights

• 1. Applications/Proposals will be accepted through Online portal only (https://biourja.mnre.gov.in/)
• 2. Last date for submitting the applications under these guidelines shall be 31.12.2025.
• 3. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) shall be the implementing agency for the Programme.
• 4. Under this programme, self-funded projects will also be eligible for Central Financial Assistance (CFA).
• 5. Grant of CFA to plants which intend to add capacity to the existing plants will also be considered. CFA for such plants will be considered only for the enhanced capacity.
• 6. Phased/milestone-based CFA will be granted for bank financed BioCNG projects under SATAT initiative.
• 7. Developers shall share plant generation data with MNRE or any other designated agency (except Biomass Gasifiers), through installation of SCADA System/remote monitoring system.
• 8. Plants installed with new equipment/machinery only shall be eligible for CFA under this programme.
• 9. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)/Refused Derived Fuel (RDF) to power projects based thermal technologies (Incineration, Gasification, Pyrolysis etc.) are not supported under this programme.
• 10. Financial assistance available under the Programme on Energy from Urban, Industrial and Agricultural Wastes/ Residues for setting up Waste to Energy plant is as follows:    i) Biogas generation: Rs 0.25 Crore per 12000cum/day
     ii) BioCNG generation (including setting of Biogas plant):
        a. Rs 4.0 Crore per 4800 kg/day (for BioCNG generation from new biogas plant)
        b. Rs 3.0 Crore per 4800 kg/day (for BioCNG generation from existing Biogas plant)
     iii) Power generation based on Biogas:
        a. Rs 0.75 Crore/MW (for power generation from new biogas plant)
        b. Rs 0.5 Crore/MW (for power generation from existing Biogas plant)
     iv) Power based on bio & agro-industrial waste (other than MSW): Rs 0.4 Crore/MW
     v) Biomass Gasifier:
        a. Rs. 2,500 per kWe with dual fuel engines for electrical application
        b. Rs. 15,000 per kWe with 100% gas engines for electrical application
        c. Rs. 2 lakh per 300 kWth for thermal applications
     vi) 20% higher CFA for special category states (NE Region, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands) and Gaushalas/Shelters.
  11. The amount of CFA for grant of ‘In-Principle Approval’ would be calculated on the basis of installed capacity as per proposal and shall be on pro-data basis to the installed capacity of the plant.
• 12. The developer may choose any one of the following agencies for inspection of the plant:
• (a) Concerned State Nodal Agencies for Renewable Energy (SNAs); or
  (b) Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy (SSS-NIBE); or
  (c) Biogas Technology Development Centre (BTDC)